Sunday, February 27, 2011

Pull It Out

Have you had
to virtually crawl into one of your base cabinets recently to access the items
in the back? Do you even know what is in the back of your pantry cabinet or
base cabinets? Are you afraid to know? A pull out tray or drawer may be just
what you need.

Pull out
trays or drawers are just like a drawer, but hidden behind a door. These are
commonly utilized in a pantry cabinet so you can pull all of the food items out
in front of you for viewing. They are also a great fix for base cabinets that
store pots and pants, plastic containers, cleaning supplies under the sink and
a myriad of other things.

Let’s look at a typical cabinet. You have a door with a full
or half shelf behind it. To install a pull out tray or drawer, remove the shelf,
add blocking on either sides of the opening so that the tray front will clear
the hinge when it pulls out, install your drawer slides (while you are at it,
go all out for the full extension drawer slide), install your drawer box and
enjoy the new found space at the back of your cabinet. In a typical base
cabinet, one tray can be installed at the bottom and another one halfway up. If
you have lots of little things, install more trays closer together.